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My Escapist column this week<\/a> is yet another nudge to an industry that has forgotten how to make psychological Japanese horror. This is particularly frustrating to me because I dig character-driven stuff, I love mind-bending stories, and I really appreciate a game capable of creating a sense of foreboding dread. <\/p>\n

At the same time I don’t have a lot of patience for overly convoluted lore, I hate straightforward “defeat the bad guys” style stories in my horror, I’m sick to death of action schlock, and I despise jump scares. This industry doesn’t put out a lot of horror titles, but when they do they work hard to make sure it’s the opposite of everything I might be interested in.<\/p>\n

Before you jump in with, “Ah-ha! Shamus, clearly you haven’t played X!”, note that I address this at the end of the article. When Amnesia: The Dark Descent<\/em> come out and made a big splash, I went poking through other horror titles coming out of the indie scene. I found a lot of attempted imitations, but I never found anything particularly good. Maybe I just had bad luck, but after wasting money on several duds I concluded I was panning for gold in a landfill and gave up.<\/p>\n

I’ll admit I’m incredibly picky when it comes to horror games. <\/p>\n

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